ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,240,270, issued on March 4, was assigned to Midea Group Co. Ltd. (Guangdong, China).
"Wheel support assembly for bottom drawer" was invented by Eric Scalf (Louisville, Ky.) and Vinayak Naik (Louisville, Ky.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wheel support assembly for a bottom drawer is disclosed. When the bottom drawer is open, the wheel support assembly may provide support in a deployed position. When the bottom drawer is closed, the wheel support assembly may be retracted in a cavity to be invisible to consumers."
The patent was filed on May 13, 2020, under Application No. 15/930,953.
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